Thread: Bridle Plough Plane

Wow! Doesn't that She-oak grab your attention!? Looks spectacular, & clearly works a treat to boot.

To use your own words, "Damn your eyes, DC"!.

You've just started something moving in my tiny brain. I have an old Rosewood model, very similar to that, but a bit clumsy and not easy to use, and I was wondering just a couple of days ago if it might be possible to create a better mousetrap. Now the wheels are churning....

Cheers,

beautiful looking plane. Like those big thick blades .... if you want to make another I've got a box of them hanging around somewhere you can have. little rust but nothing too bad.

Another beautiful tool from your workshop. Your website is a wonderful resource for beginners such as myself. Thanks for posting, Ross.

Outstanding work Derek

First point ... Fantastic job. Looks amazing.

Second point ... Wooooo ... I just saved a pic from Patrick Leach's latest list of a handled plough because I thought the fence adjustment was a great idea and I'd not seen it before ...

And who made it? ... D.Malloch/Perth !!

"bridle toted sash fillister; a very nice example that is nearly an exact copy of the Mathieson product, this one saw very little use, was never abused, and has all original parts; a nice contrast of beech, boxwood, brass, steel, and ebony, plus the design itself make this a very showy tool, it was a plane used only by the best woodworker, most opted for the lowly beech models that have wedged arms; very lightly cleaned, the only sign of use is the slightly dinged wedge finial; a lot of plane that couldn't be made new at anywhere near the price"

At $395 I'm guessing you may have proved him wrong Derek, and gone about 4 steps better ... not pricing your time of course!

Thanks for sharing your work.
Paul.

You've just started something moving in my tiny brain. I have an old Rosewood model, very similar to that, but a bit clumsy and not easy to use, and I was wondering just a couple of days ago if it might be possible to create a better mousetrap. Now the wheels are churning....

Hi Ian ... now I am waiting to see this !!!

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by apricotripper

beautiful looking plane. Like those big thick blades .... if you want to make another I've got a box of them hanging around somewhere you can have. little rust but nothing too bad.

Jake, I wondered if you would see this thread knowing your interest in plough planes.

The difference between using a heavy-ish plane with such a thick blade, compared with the small Records and LV planes, is night and day. The Stanley are about finesse. These thick blades simply power through the wood as though it was not there!

Thanks for the offer of more blades - one plough is enough! In fact, I have another set of matched blades.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Second point ... Wooooo ... I just saved a pic from Patrick Leach's latest list of a handled plough because I thought the fence adjustment was a great idea and I'd not seen it before ...

And who made it? ... D.Malloch/Perth !!
"bridle toted sash fillister; a very nice example that is nearly an exact copy of the Mathieson product, this one saw very little use, was never abused, and has all original parts; a nice contrast of beech, boxwood, brass, steel, and ebony, plus the design itself make this a very showy tool, it was a plane used only by the best woodworker, most opted for the lowly beech models that have wedged arms; very lightly cleaned, the only sign of use is the slightly dinged wedge finial; a lot of plane that couldn't be made new at anywhere near the price"
At $395 I'm guessing you may have proved him wrong Derek, and gone about 4 steps better ... not pricing your time of course!

Hi Paul

That Malloch plane is a fillester. Mine is a plough. Very different planes.

The plough is considerably more complex and more difficult to build, and this is evident in the prices one pays for them. For a bridle Mathieson - if you could find one - I'd guess at 10x the amount for the Malloch fillester!

Here is a link to Barrett and Sons. They sell the bridle plane for $2250

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Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by BobL

Outstanding work Derek

Outstanding floats, Bob. Thanks for lending them to me.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Outstanding floats, Bob. Thanks for lending them to me.

Regards from Perth

Derek

They survived then?

I see on your website you said " I had a borrowed set of floats (thanks Bob), but they were not suited for a long, narrow bed."
Does this mean a long narrow float would have been useful?

BTW Is this the plane you are speaking about at the FWWA meet next week?

Hi Bob

Sort of. I was planning on presenting on "planes that plough", which is more than this plane. Should include fillesters, combinations and router planes as well.

Let me know if you are attending, and I will bring along your tool roll.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Hi Bob

Sort of. I was planning on presenting on "planes that plough", which is more than this plane. Should include fillesters, combinations and router planes as well.

Let me know if you are attending, and I will bring along your tool roll.

Yeah I should be there. I'm looking forward to it.

Derek

Very nicely done

I suppose all future projects will be carefully examined to see where they can be enhanced with a groove or two.

Regards

Originally Posted by Basilg

Derek

Very nicely done

I suppose all future projects will be carefully examined to see where they can be enhanced with a groove or two.

Regards

I suppose now he's gone to all that trouble, he has to use it!

But I have to admit that I don't use mine very often. The most common need I have for grooves is in drawer sides & fronts, and I tend to cut these with the TS. I know it's giving in to electrons, but it's so easy & convenient....

Cheers,